We, at Metafile, wish each of you a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with family and friends. Know that we are humbled to have customers like you, who spend all year working towards making the world a place for which we can all be even more thankful… Read more »
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Poor Thanksgiving
I feel sorry for the little holiday. Before it lays the frenzy of ghoulish costumes and buckets of candy, and then quickly following it is the all-consuming holiday season that eclipses all others in the commercial world. In fact, if it weren’t for the Thanksgiving holiday, marketers would have us jump from Halloween right into….. Read more »
Follow Import Laws to Avoid Trouble
If you’ve never done it, importing data into a database can be an intimidating task. But if you plan your work ahead of time and follow a few basic rules, it can be a huge time-saver and an important way to keep your database current and clean. So here are a few import ‘laws’ you….. Read more »
Troubleshooting “Missing” Donations
I’ve recently spent time working with our Support team to help them work with customers to troubleshoot “missing” donations. As more and more data entry is automated, when something suddenly doesn’t work, it can be more difficult to figure out what went wrong and where the data is. Here are a few tips to help….. Read more »
DIY Training: Take Advantage of Existing Resources
If you’re lucky, things run pretty smoothly in your development office. Each of your staff has their unique area of responsibility and interacts seamlessly with other internal experts. If your luck holds out, this state of equilibrium will continue for a very long time. If (or perhaps more accurately, when) your luck runs out, then….. Read more »